Abstract:e box jelly sh Chironex yamaguchii is a highly venomous cubomedusa, also known as "habu-kurage" in Japan. It is a signi cant threat to marine activities in Okinawa in southern Japan. Annually, envenomation of the species causes nearly 100 to 200 injuries in the Okinawa Prefecture. e present study developed a species-speci c real-time PCR assay to analyze environmental DNA (eDNA) for rapid detection of jelly sh in water samples. Primers and probe were designed based on the sequences of the mitochondrial cytochr… Show more
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